Artist description Mezodigm's live shows sway between delicate orchestration and organized chaos, a balance checked by what each musician brings to the table. The Empty Bottle has called Mezodigm a "curious and curiously satisfying blend of math rock and country." While deeply touched, the band prefers the commentary of fans, who allude to Calexico and The Grifters. When recalling an early Mezodigm show, former Soundgarden front man Chris Cornell remarked, "just when you think they've lost it, they bring you to a nice warm place to relax a moment and ponder the journey."

Music Style indie-rock

Group Members Chris EstradaJohn AkredScott MooreTom Hester

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, rhodes, hammond, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, harmonium, dobro

Albums With A Bulltet

Press Reviews The Onion-June 6, 1999-"Though the dominance of the No Depression crowd makes it seem as if every indie band in existence has gone all-out alt-country, a few groups just cannily use country elements to add flavor to their unique music. Pinetop Seven and Calexico are two such bands, as are less obvious choices like Souled American and the late, great Bedhead. Add Mezodigm to the list. The Chicago quartet borrows a good deal from the above groups, but a little bit into the excellent With a Bullet EP, Mezodigm begins to noodle around as only a Chicago rock band can. Odd time signatures emerge, the fuzzy distortion kicks in, and the band begins to approximate a southern-rock King Crimson - or at least Slint. But the twang never vanishes, nor does the feeling that Mezodigm is on the right track with this impressive stuff."!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Illinois Entertainer-November 1999-"Mezodigm already has what most bands spend years striving for: a truly original sound. Their EP With a Bullet is a singular listening experience, as if listening in on a basement jam session between Son Volt and Souled American. The songs are languid and textured, evoking mental images of barren plains and Mississippi front porches during a heat wave and even a quiet wood in Japan. There's a timeless, classic feel to cuts like 'Paper Life' and 'Wax Curtains', and the opening salvo 'With a Bullet' pulled me in like no other song I can recall in recent memory. This is a unique musical vision."-Michael C. Harris!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The Chicago Reader – Spot Check April 16, 1999-"This local band's five-song CD, With a Bullet, might turn out to be the sleeper of the year: recorded in a rehearsal space and released last fall, just before original drummer Andrew Martin moved to the west coast, it's a relaxed but dense piece of dark, dreamy country prog played on guitars, bass, harmonium, dobro, and drums. There are some lovely moments (the droning, sweeping instrumental "Dustbin," with its slight aftertaste of "Moonlight Mile") and some overbearing ones ("Wax Curtains," on which front man Chris Estrada reads "poetry" in a seemingly unintentional David Grubbs parody). But music like this is supposed to change moods as if it's forgotten to take its meds, and you know it's just a matter of time till something beautiful comes around again."—Monica Kendrick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"Amazing debut EP from this Chicago four piece. Lazy Americana rock springing from the same place that Calexico, the early Palace Brothers records or even the more pop Wilco material spring from. Imagine if Bedhead were mixed with field recordings from the 1940's deep south and then filtered through a slight prog-rock mentality. Recommended!"-Brent Grossman, Reckless Records

Location Chicago, IL - USA

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